Our Team

Kathy Perkins

Director

As Director, Kathy oversees the project, sets new strategic directions, and still satisfies her passion for sim design and pedagogy as an active member of PhET projects. She holds a BA in physics, MA in chemistry, and PhD in atmospheric science, all from Harvard University. ...MORELESS

Carl Wieman

Founder, Senior Advisor

Carl founded the PhET Interactive Simulations project in 2002 – then known as the “Physics Education Technology” project. Today, he is a senior advisor to PhET and is a Professor at Stanford University, where he actively researches PhET simulations as tools in STEM learning ...MORELESS

Team Members

Michael Barlow

Software Developer

Development · Accessibility · Mobile · Website

Michael started with PhET in 2017 working in accessibility and sim developm...MORELESS

Denzell Barnett

Software Developer

Development · Sim Design

Denzell joined PhET in early 2017 after a summer internship. Soon after gra...MORELESS

John Blanco

Software Developer

Development · Sim Design

John has been developing simulations for PhET since 2008 and has created si...MORELESS

Jeffrey Bush

Graduate student

math · research · curriculum · teacher pd

Jeff works as a graduate research assistant on the PhET project, investigat...MORELESS

Steele Dalton

QA Team Member

Sim Design · QA

Steele has been working with PhET since the Fall of 2013. He primarily has ...MORELESS